Jeremy Clarkson joins backlash as JD Vance holidays in the Cotswolds

Jeremy Clarkson has joined a backlash successful the Cotswolds aft US vice president JD Vance arrived astatine a picturesque hamlet successful the portion for his summertime holiday.

Mr Vance and his household are staying astatine Dean Manor, a Grade II-listed state location successful the tiny hamlet of Dean, during a travel wherever they besides stayed with the Foreign Secretary David Lammy successful Kent and volition aboriginal question to Scotland.

Local residents reportedly expressed their frustrations aft Mr Vance's tremendous motorcade, consisting of 18 vehicles, caused a lockdown successful the countryside connected Monday.

People successful the Cotswolds faced roadworthy closures and information checkpoints overseen by constabulary with sniffer dogs arsenic Mr Vance made his mode to Dean Manor connected Monday, according to GloucestershireLive.

It came earlier a "Vance Not Welcome Party" protestation was organised by the groups "Everybody Hates Elon" and the "Stop Trump Coalition" successful Charlbury, adjacent to wherever Mr Vance is staying, today.

The demonstrators held banners mocking the US vice president and calling him a "war criminal", successful an evident notation to America's enactment for Israel.

Several protesters held images of a wide shared meme depicting Mr Vance with a bald head. The meme went viral aft a Norwegian tourer claimed helium was not allowed into the US aft migration agents saw it connected his phone.

One protester successful Charlbury held a banner speechmaking "JD Vance's Netflix password is 'password'", portion different held a motion which said: "JD Vance claps erstwhile the level lands."

Meanwhile, a van displaying the representation of a bald Mr Vance was seen driving done Charlbury.

A ample motion extracurricular a spot successful adjacent Chipping Norton read: "Gaza starves, Vance not welcome."

The demonstrations took spot arsenic erstwhile Top Gear presenter Clarkson shared an representation connected Instagram which highlighted however his workplace is nether a no-fly portion implicit the Cotswolds areas of Chadlington and Spelsbury.

In an evident notation to filming for the 5th bid of his amusement Clarkson's Farm, the 65-year-old wrote: "The JD Vance nary alert zone. We are the pin. So connected the downside, nary drone shots today. On the upside, nary annoying airy aircraft."

However, helium aboriginal sarcastically shared a video of a peaceful Cotswolds country and wrote: "Utter chaos caused by Vance. How volition we ever manage?"

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Kaleb Cooper, a husbandman who is Clarkson's co-star connected the Amazon Prime show, said immoderate of his "wheat got wet" aft helium got stuck down Mr Vance's convoy.

He wrote: "I could person easy went connected my mode and got it successful the shed without getting successful the way."

Cooper besides joked that if Mr Vance simply "drove astir successful a VW Polo cipher would cognize who helium was".

Clarkson's "Diddly Squat Farm" successful Chadlington is astir 3 miles from the hamlet of Dean wherever Mr Vance is staying.

Well known for being fashionable with members of the British elite - erstwhile UK premier curate David Cameron lives successful Dean - the Cotswolds is besides becoming progressively fashionable with affluent Americans.

Some of them moved to the portion aft the predetermination of Donald Trump past year. TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres is among those who has relocated to the area.

Not each of Dean's residents admit its increasing popularity. Jonathan Mazower, the caput of communications for NGO Survival International, who owns 1 of Dean's 15 homes, said helium had to talk retired against Mr Vance's presence, adding: "It's a monolithic intrusion and it's not conscionable the information our lives are disrupted but it's who helium is."

Vance's UK tour

The US vice president is expected to big shadiness justness caput Robert Jenrick during his vacation - but not Tory person Kemi Badenoch.

Mr Jenrick has been invited to conscionable Mr Vance earlier a drinks lawsuit connected Tuesday, it is understood.

A Conservative spokesperson said the enactment leader's squad had spoken to Mr Vance's but that "scheduling" had proved difficult.

Both sides person played down the conception of a snub, the Telegraph reported.

It comes arsenic the US vice president volition question to Scotland aboriginal this week successful a travel that could spot up to 1,000 constabulary officers deployed arsenic portion of information efforts.

Sky News understands the Vance household are apt to sojourn Ayrshire but are not thought to beryllium readying to enactment astatine Mr Trump's Turnberry edifice successful the area.

In Kent, Mr Vance said helium had a "love" for the UK but joked helium had committed a diplomatic faux pas arsenic helium began his holiday.

"Unfortunately, the 1 strain connected the peculiar narration is that each of my kids caught fish, but the overseas caput did not," helium said.

He besides said helium doesn't privation the UK to spell down a "very acheronian path" of losing escaped speech.

Mr Vance described Mr Lammy arsenic a "very, precise gracious host".